Fields Pleads Guilty In Weatherford Death
Norman Jessie Fields, 19, pleaded guilty to armed robbery and murder in the Weatherford death found June 20 in front of a Grovetown grocery store on Silver Bluff Road. He faces a possible life plus 25 years at General Sessions Court in Aiken. Judge Rodney A. Peeples to sentence him today. The article also notes an 18-year-old, Howard Leonard Brown, awaiting trial for aggravated assault after a separate theatre incident at Cinema Theatre.
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Norman Jessie Fields
Corley Weatherford
Weatherford
Silver Bluff Road
Aiken County
Howard Leonard Brown
Brown
Liz and Richard Burton Remarried in Botswana
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton wed again in northern Botswana last Friday afternoon, officiated by a Tswana district commissioner. The couple, reconciled after divorce, celebrated with champagne on a river bank as hippos observed.
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Chobe
Botswana
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Ambrose Masalila
Burtons
Teachers Back On Jobs After Atlanta School Strike
In Atlanta, teachers and nonteaching staff returned to work honoring a federal judge’s 10 day injunction. School officials reported most staff at work with only isolated picketing incidents. Union leaders said they resumed duties in exchange for concessions on bargaining procedures. About 25 to 40 percent of the 9 000 workers stayed home the first day of the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta, Ga
Barbara Whitaker
U S Ships Jets To Turkey Amid Arms Embargo Easing
The United States resumes delivering F4 Phantom jets to Turkey as arms embargo eases. Pentagon officials hope Turkish leaders will let the U S regain control of bases. Six F4s from Seymour Johnson AFB left North Carolina on Tuesday as the first leg of the trip.
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Washington
United States
Turkey
Pentagon
Mili
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
N.C
Algeria and Morocco Strengthen Troops Over The West Sahara
Algerian and Moroccan forces have reinforced troops along the border with Spanish Sahara as the International Court of Justice prepares to rule on the status of the 102,703 square mile territory with about 80,000 inhabitants. The World Court in The Hague will decide if the land was unclaimed when Spain occupied it or if it is under Moroccan sovereignty.
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Associated Press
Algeria
Morocco
Spanish Sahara
International Court of Justice
World Court At
Hague
Spain
Isabel Peron to Return and Assume Presidency Ceremony
President Isabel Peron was set to return from vacation to assume the presidency from acting president Italo Luder at a ceremony Thursday night. Labor groups planned a large rally Friday afternoon with Mrs Peron expected to address the crowd.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Isabel Peron
Act
Ing
Italo Luder
Assault On Officers Ends In Jail
Two defendants were sentenced in General Sessions Court for assaulting highway patrol officers. Bing Crosby Mathis drew three years for assaulting Patrolman Stapleton and received another three years for an auto dispute with J.A. Satcher. Ronnie Turner got 18 months for assaulting Patrolman Wright. Jury previously found Joe O Briant guilty of assaulting an officer. he received six years. Sentences run concurrently. injuries included Stapleton’s two hospital days and 14 days off work. Judge Peeples condemned assaults on law enforcement.
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Bing Crosby Mathis
S.C
J. E. Stapleton
Ronnie Turner
M. H. Wright
Highway Patrol
Joe O'Briant
Wright
O'Briant
Lathan
Nora) O’briant
O’briant
Rodney A. Peeples
Mathis
J.A. Satcher
Satcher Ford Co
Aiken
Satcher
Stapleton
Turner
Peeples
Aiken County Board Reviews First Grade Retention Study
The Aiken County Board of Education heard Dr John Bradley report 10 percent of district first graders fail to satisfactorily complete the year, with caveats for new programs lowering the figure. Discussion covered kindergarten assessment, smaller class sizes, funding hopes, and ongoing district financial pressures.
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S.C. Department of Education
Aiken County
John Bradley
Ible
Bradley
Emily Towler
Augustus T. Stephens
State Department of Education
Ted B. Willis
General Assembly
Reds Take 2-1 World Series Lead Over Red Sox
Cincinnati edged Boston 6-5 in 10 innings to grab a 2-1 series lead. A disputed bunt call in extra frames aided the Reds. The best of seven resumes tonight in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Boston Red Sox
Reds
Aiken Standard
Teen Hit Ford Limousine in Hartford Car Crash
A 19 year old Meriden teen in a Buick collided with President Ford’s armored limousine after claiming a green light. Ford escaped unharmed, a party member suffered a fractured finger, and police awaited blood test results before any charges.
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Hartford
Thomas Grant
Meriden, Conn
Ford
California
Possible rise in home heating oil prices this winter
New York AP reports heating oil prices may rise an additional two to six cents per gallon this winter as supplies stay adequate unless a gas shortage drives industrial users to switch. With price controls and a tariff debate, the Federal Energy Administration projects a two cent rise by December, or up to six cents if controls end.
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New York
Congress
Ford
Federal Energy Administration
FEA
New Hampshire
Mobil Oil Corp
Texaco Inc
Exxon Corp
Strong Auto Sales Launch New Model Year
Detroit AP reports strong early sales for 1976 cars as October 1-10 deliveries reach 243,642, up 13 percent from last year. Chrysler launched its 1976 lineup with most models debuting later this week, while GM, Ford, and AMC posted gains aided by new models such as the Chevette and revived compact lines.
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Detroit
Auto
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Ford
AMC
Industrialized and developing nations split over four commission guidelines
The Paris preparatory meeting for a 27 nation conference to adjust postwar economic relations faces deadlock on scope for oil energy raw materials development and financial matters. Algeria's Ait Challal calls for broad monetary reform discussion while the US cites IMF and World Bank limits. The December talks aim to launch lengthy negotiations.
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Paris
Ait Challal
Challal
Financial Commission
International Monetary System
Charles Robinson
International Monetary Fund
World Bank
Treasury
Gerald Parsky
United States
Robinson
Parsky
Japan
Common Market
Algeria
Brazil
India
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Venezuela
Zaire
NRC staff seeks to introduce final Barnwell environmental statement
NRC staff plans to offer the final environmental statement for the Barnwell Nuclear Fuel Plant as evidence at hearings this week. Attorney Townsend Belser for environmentalists objects, seeking a suspension of NRC testimony until actions under the National Environmental Policy Act are completed. Allied General Nuclear Services builds the Barnwell facility to store and reprocess spent reactor fuel as construction nears completion.
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Columbia
Federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Barnwell
Townsend M. Belser
Belser
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
NRC
Barnwell Plant
Allied General Nuclear Services
Sunny and warm with a cooling evening forecast
The region enjoys sunny and warm weather with a high in the mid-80s tomorrow. Tonight's low should be upper 50s. Increasing cloudiness is expected tomorrow with southerly winds of five to 10 mph.
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Forest L. Kirby
Lsrpdc
Jack Keel
James L. Hammond
County Commission
Harold V. Graybeal
Lower Savannah
Fields
Robert Klugh
Ant
Mrs. Klugh
Liz and
Richard
Miss Taylor
Burton
Switzerland
Rome
U.S
By Jeane Hall
Iken County
Willis
Shelly Boone
Sam Smith
Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
Child Development Center
Board of Education
Aiken County Paramedical Services
Gloverville
Ford Okay
Secret Service
James Salanites
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